Pursuant to the Office of the Procurator-General Organization Act, the Procurator-General's mandate broadly consists in safeguarding the family and the persons and interests of minors, persons without legal capacity and older persons; in making available preventive legal assistance and psycho-social care; in representing persons judicially and extrajudicially in cases involving the defence of individual liberty and employment rights; and in representing persons judicially and extrajudicially, especially the needy, in family matters and cases involving property and personal rights.
En lo que al Procurador se refiere, la ley orgánica de dicha institución dispone que su mandato en términos generales consiste en velar por la defensa de la familia, de las personas e intereses de los menores, incapaces y adultos mayores; conceder asistencia legal y atención psicosocial de carácter preventivo; representar judicial y extrajudicialmente a las personas en defensa de la libertad individual y de los derechos laborales; y representar judicial y extrajudicialmente a las personas, especialmente de escasos recursos económicos, en materias de familia y de derechos reales y personales.